Man arrested for allegedly stabbing toddler daughters to death

AMMAN — Police on Monday said they have arrested a man who allegedly stabbed his two daughters to death in the Southern Badia over the weekend.

The suspect, in his 40s, reportedly stabbed his two daughters, aged two and three, to death while at his home on March 6 and then fled the scene, official sources told The Jordan Times on Saturday.

“A special task force worked on collecting evidence and information on the father suspected of murdering his two daughters over the past two days and were able to locate his whereabouts,” Police Spokesperson Col. Amer Sartawi said on Monday.

The suspect was arrested without any major incidents, Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

“We are currently questioning the suspect and will refer him to the Criminal Court prosecutor on Tuesday,” the police official added.

A senior judicial source had told The Jordan Times that the suspect was “a repeat criminal offender who was known to have been involved in vehicle thefts”.

The source said initial investigations indicated that the stabbing occurred “over domestic disputes”.

The initial investigations indicated that the suspect’s wife went back to her family’s home with her two daughters following a domestic dispute, the senior judicial source said.

On Saturday, the judicial source maintained, the suspect headed to his in-laws’ house and “demanded to take his two daughters and they agreed”.

“Our initial investigations indicate that he went back home, grabbed a knife and slit their throats and left the house,” according to the senior judicial source.

The source added that the neighbours heard screaming and yelling and saw the suspect rushing out of his house.

When they went to check out the matter, the source stated, they “saw the two girls with heavy injuries to their bodies”.

“The neighbours rushed the two girls to a nearby hospital but they were already dead and physicians were unable to help them,” the senior judicial source maintained.